Two lessons from Christie Davies
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Keywords

negative evidence
jokes
prosody

How to Cite

Attardo, S. (2017). Two lessons from Christie Davies. The European Journal of Humour Research, 5(4), 51–52. https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2017.5.4.attardo

Abstract

Two important methodological lessons are highlighted, using examples from Christie Davies' work: the significance of negative evidence and of terminological precision.
https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2017.5.4.attardo
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References

Davies, C. (1998). ‘The dog that didn't bark in the night: A new sociological approach to the cross cultural study of humor’, in Ruch, W. (ed.), The Sense of Humor, Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 293–306.

Davies, C. (2000). ‘Questions of power and theory: A reply to Salvatore Attardo’, Humor: International Journal of Humor Research 13(4), pp. 469–72.

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